My “First” Rock and Roll Video (a.k.a “Come to VentureScape 2013!)

For those of you who know me, I have always loved being a musician. For a while, I thought that I would make my living as a drummer, but the world conspired against me. That being said, I couldn’t be grateful enough that I ended up as a venture capitalist.

Last year, I spearheaded the Foundry Group “I’m a VC” Video. It was as ton of fun and I’m certainly proud of it, but musically it’s a parody song and I don’t have the same emotional attachment that I do with the real music that I create, especially those songs that I co-write with my business partner Ryan McIntyre for our band Legitimate Front.

We decided to throw a huge party the night before the main event and thanks to Silicon Valley Bank, we are going to have a great event that revolves around….. wait for it…. MUSIC! For the first time ever VCs are going to get together with their favorite folks and listen to world class music headlined by Pat Monahan of Train fame!

As part of the new format of the event (it’s not just the party, either, check out the agenda!), Emily Mendell, V.P. of Communications at NVCA created some great videos to promote the event. Today’s video: VC Rockstar Dreams and it features the music of Legitimate Front! I love that Ray Rothrock and Marc Cadieux, both of whom will be performing as well, were in the video as well.

This is probably the closest that I’ll ever come to making a real video of my music, but it was a wonderful experience. Check it out for yourself below. And oh, yeah…. Come to the event, May 14th at the Great American Music Hall!

Notes: Yes, that is really me lying on the street outside in San Francisco. And yes, I was told that a person once died in the exact spot that I “performed” in. All for the love of art. Special thanks to Long Haul Films for a GREAT job.